Mariners: The ins and outs of baseball 'inventory'

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The Seattle Mariners’ brain trust — general manager Jack Zduriencik (left) and manager Lloyd McClendon — have many rules to negotiate when settling on a roster.

PEORIA, Ariz. — Let's play inside baseball. Pull up a chair alongside Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik and listen in on a player-evaluation meeting in a second-floor office at the Peoria Sports Complex.